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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1375

Pericles and the Fickle Public of Athens

The leader of 5th-century BC Athens lavished public money on the city and its adoring citizens, and wherever he led they followed.

1376

The Knight, the Lady, and the Forest of Sorrow

A little fable of encouragement for all the suffering.

1377

How the British Invented Cool

Michael Faraday showed that gases could be compressed and evaporated to preserve food and make ice.

1378

‘Not one more!’

The prospect of facing daunting odds made his cousin quail, but Henry V acted like a true King.

1379

The Crimean War

Hoping to please opinion at home, the French Emperor pressured the Turks into new outrages against their Christian population, and Russia hit back.

1380

Belling the Cat

A council of mice comes up with a plan to outsmart the Cat, but volunteers are a bit thin on the ground.